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2024 SESSION
SB 542 Unemployment insurance; benefit eligibility conditions, lockout exception, etc.
Introduced by: Lamont Bagby | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Unemployment insurance; benefit eligibility conditions; lockout exception to labor dispute disqualification. Amends the Virginia Unemployment Compensation Act's labor dispute disqualification to provide that a lockout by an employer shall not constitute a labor dispute and that locked-out employees who are otherwise eligible for benefits shall receive such benefits unless (i) the recognized or certified collective bargaining representative of the locked-out employees refuses to meet under reasonable conditions with the employer to discuss the issues giving rise to the lockout, (ii) there is a final adjudication under the federal National Labor Relations Act that such representative has refused to bargain in good faith with the employer, or (iii) the lockout is the direct result of such representative's violation of an existing collective bargaining agreement. This bill is identical to HB 938.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100474D pdf | impact statement
- 02/26/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB542ER) pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/10/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100474D
- 01/10/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/22/24 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (9-Y 5-N)
- 01/22/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/31/24 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 4-N)
- 02/01/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/24 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/05/24 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
- 02/13/24 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/13/24 House: Read first time
- 02/13/24 House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 02/15/24 House: Reported from Labor and Commerce (10-Y 9-N)
- 02/19/24 House: Read second time
- 02/20/24 House: Read third time
- 02/20/24 House: Passed House (51-Y 47-N)
- 02/20/24 House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 47-N)
- 02/26/24 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/26/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB542ER)
- 02/26/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/29/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/24 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
- 03/11/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 03/14/24 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/17/24 Senate: Passed by for the day